Psyclone Wii Recharge Station kills Wii-Motes
Posted January 3, 2008
This bit of news is probably plastered all over the web by now but in-case you missed it, word on the street is that a 3rd party Wii peripheral “Psyclone Wii Recharge Station” can damage your wii-mote permanently if the battery is full and is continued to be charged. The result causes the wii-mote to overheat and melt it’s internal components, thus rendering your waggle waggle contraption useless. It should be noted however that Psyclone’s website does warns users not to leave the batteries charged for an “extended amount of time” or it will be damaged. Not a good sign already when the actual company has warnings about it, heh.
Yes we all agree that the wii-mote can suck the life out of the 2 AA batteries faster than Jenna Jamison in the movie……Yeah anyways, currently there is no official charging station from Nintendo, but for $40 to replace a wii-mote can be a bit much for some people. Personally, I’ll stick to the replaceable batteries myself. You can easily go pick up a pack of 36 Energizer AA batteries from Home Depot for $12.89.
But if you don’t believe in using disposable batteries because you are environmentally-conscious or something and absolutely must use rechargeable batteries, take a look at other available 3rd party Wii charging stations :
- NYKO Wii Charge Station
- Enforcity Charging Station
- Intec Wii Dual Charge Station & Turbo Cooler
- Cables4PC Dual Wii Blue Light Charger and 2 Rechargeable Battery Packs
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I bought one of these at Target and for whatever reason, one of my Wii remotes doesn’t work with this set up, although it still works with regular AA batteries. A complete waste of money.
I bought Psyclone Charge station model PX6523 -
I did not find a direction manuel. How does this thing work. Or has tis been a waste of my money. I have had it for a years and 2 weeks ago I tried to figure out how the batteries charge and without direction this can’t be done.
Please advise
Darlene